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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service Wilmington NC

618 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

 

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Florence SC-Darlington SC-

618 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025



...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FLORENCE AND

DARLINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...



At 618 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along

a line extending from near Clyde to 9 miles west of Bishopville to

near Oakland. Movement was northeast at 60 mph.



HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.



SOURCE...Radar indicated.



IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 

         unsecured objects.



Locations impacted include...

Hartsville, Mont Clare, Florence, Mars Bluff, Lydia, Darlington

Raceway, Swift Creek, Darlington, Cartersville, Florence Darlington

Technical College Main Campus, Oats, Floyd, Quinby, North Hartsville,

Carolinas Hospital System, Dovesville, Mcleod Regional Medical

Center, Auburn, Francis Marion University, and Carolinas Hospital

System - Cedar Tower.



This includes the following highways...

 Interstate 20 between mile markers 125 and 141.

 Interstate 95 in South Carolina between mile markers 146 and 174.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for

northeastern South Carolina.



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LAT...LON 3449 8005 3449 7989 3453 7983 3450 7983

      3449 7979 3452 7976 3448 7972 3446 7975

      3439 7972 3440 7968 3437 7967 3436 7969

      3431 7966 3422 7955 3403 7998 3415 8015

      3423 8011 3436 8018 3433 8024 3437 8029

TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 236DEG 52KT 3436 8028 3417 8040 3399 8055 



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH



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